‘Very strong start’ to trial running on Trillium line, OC Transpo reports [Video]

Ottawa’s north-south Trillium light rail line fell just a hair short of OC Transpo’s reliability target on its first day of trial running, though it still has plenty of time to make up the gap and stay on track for a mid-November opening.

Monday marked the start of at least two weeks of reliability testing. OC Transpo says its goal is to have trains leave their terminus stations on schedule 98.5 per cent of the time over a 14-day rolling average.

A report to city council on Tuesday said the result for Monday was 98.3 per cent.

• Final round of Trillium line testing puts opening at mid-November — at the earliest

“This is a very strong start and we are working with TransitNext to see where improvements can be made,” said director of rail construction Richard Holder, referring to the contractor that built the system and is now maintaining it.

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